Yadira Villa Portfolio 2026

Yadira Itzel Villa

Hi! am a fifth year Architecture and Graphic Design student

at Thomas Jefferson University. find myself passionate about community design and in adaptive reuse projects, as grew up in an area that lacks community driven spaces. hope to find a place that values community design and input when designing. believe this type of design is vital to have a successful outcome for the people.

villa.yadiraitzel@gmail.com

(856)6853375

Pennsauken, NJ

Philadelphia, PA

education

Bachelor of Architecture with Minor in Graphic Design

Thomas Jefferson University

Graduating in May 2026

coursework

ZHACODE Studio by Zaha Hadid Architects Fall 2025

Course taken at Thomas Jefferson University

Learned various programs like Visual Studio Code, and xfigura, that utilize typical architectural components and Artificial Intelligence together to visual and enhance ones project

Architectural Publication - Spacework 12 Spring 2025

Course taken at Thomas Jefferson University

Worked in a team of Architecture students to compile work from all levels of the Architecture school and composed a book that is published for the school as it highlights student work from Thomas Jefferson University

competitions

2024 NOMA Conference October 2024

Competition and Conference Attendee

Attended and Competed in the Annual NOMAS Competition where students are challenged to design a solution for an existing redlining issue in an underserved community

organizations

Latin American Student Organization

Vice President

Board Member since 2023

National Organization of Minority Architecture Students

work experience

Secretary July 2024 Present

GV Concrete LLC

Assist in filling out proposals for clients, looking at surveys of properties, and managing social media pages and emails

Designer

Skynet Entertainment

Created overlays for photobooths utilizing Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and managing the app for the photobooth

AutoCAD

Enscape Twinmotion

Rhinoceros

Grasshopper

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Indesign

Student Member since 2021 skills Autodesk Revit

Adobe Premier Pro Microsoft Office 360 Figma Mapbox Visual Studio Code languages English Spanish

pg. 6-15

pg. 16-21

pg. 22-27

pg. 28-31

pg. 32-37

pg. 38-41

radiating worship

Radiating Worship is a sanctuary within Blue Bell Park in Philadelphia, designed to inspire reflection, peace and spirituality. The project embraces the natural beauty of its surroundings and draw visitors inward. Rediating lines guide movement and attention toward a central sacred space, creating a sense of unity and calm. This sanctuary invites all who enter to pause, connect, and experience a quiet yet powerful moment of spiritual presense.

to recover & heal

To Recover and Heal is to help those dealing with Substance Abuse that have been dealing with homelessness get rehabilitated back into the community. plan to acheive this by providing housing, in an existing structure that has been in the community for quite some time, and a new rehab-like facility, that uses several elements like nature and openness to aleviate the stigma that drug rehabs have in society. To integrate them back into society, welcome the community by providing programs and resources for those in the surrounding area, creating this sense of belonging and community.

mediateque

The Mediateque was designed to better improve the conditions of an existing library in Northeast Philadelphia to adjust to the needs and wants of the community there. So, how can one design for the community and provide all necessary services in this lot. A lot of thought has been given to how the library should function in both program and circulation utilizing the matriz diagram. At the end, a library was created to help improve the community and bring life back to a once bright library again.

maplewood mall

The Maplewood Mall a place that is vital to the community of Germantown, has been around for decades. The mall has undergone various renovations to which the well only bring more life to it. So, creating an identity that represents the Maplewood Mall and can grow with it. In this project we were tasked to create a responsive logo that represents the brand. The new identity should be able to applied across various touchpoints and help improve the mall’s presence in any form, digital or physical, to help the place continue to be the place it has always been for the community.

germantown sound lab

Germantown Sound Lab (GSL) located in the Maplewood Mall, was made to create an environment for musicians of all levels to have a place to express themselves through an affordable and community driven place. GSL provides services like rentals of both instruments and studio space, a media player where musicians are able to post their creations for free on their website, and a shop. This imaginary business has it’s responsive logo and physical/digital touchpoints accompanied with an animation and the logo placed in an environment.

personal projects

Since picking up Graphic Design courses, have included work where utilized and practiced the skills that learned. was Design Chair for an organization at Thomas Jefferson University, where created flyers for events and made ID cards for other members on the board. Recently, had a job where made photobooth overlays for events. make posters of current events and I made my version of a movie soundtrack album. I have done T-shirt designs for my previous job and did one for when the Philadelphia Eagles won the Superbowl!

dedicate a good amount of time taking photos of events and moments that live through. Here are some examples of photos I’ve taken with both my phone and a small point and shoot camera. I do shoot photos with two other cameras that are more for professional photography, and hope to soon play around with a film camera. Below is my instagram if you’d like to see more of my work!